Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Pope Francis, emeritus pope among group given third dose of COVID-19 vaccine
By Claire Giangravé — October 27, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A top Vatican official said ‘it’s inferable’ that Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI received the third dose during administrations in October.
Pope Francis honors Dante Alighieri on 7th centenary of ‘prophetic’ poet’s death
By Claire Giangravé — March 25, 2021
(RNS) — Francis paid homage to Dante in an apostolic letter, citing the poet's hope for reform in the church.
Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI shuts down ‘fanatics,’ saying Francis is the only pope
By Claire Giangravé — March 1, 2021
(RNS) — Dismissing conspiratorial rumors about his resignation, Benedict admitted that while 'it was a difficult decision,' he still believes it to have been the right thing.
Pope Francis talks about Benedict, criticism and life after COVID-19 in new interview
By Claire Giangravé — October 30, 2020
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a wide-ranging interview with an Italian news agency published Friday (Oct. 30), Francis said he believes 'criticism to be constructive' and a 'guide in my journey on everything, on everyone.'
New Benedict book promotes priestly celibacy, suggesting rift with Francis
By Claire Giangravé — January 13, 2020
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a new book he co-authored, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI defends clerical celibacy at a time when Pope Francis is considering allowing more married men to become Catholic priests.
Francis and Benedict: Two popes, two divergent approaches to Islam
By Christopher Lamb — May 2, 2017
ROME (RNS) During his brief visit to Egypt, Pope Francis showed his preference for engaging Islam to defuse religiously inspired violence. But will his approach work any better than that of his predecessor?
Pope Francis’ popularity among Americans goes from high to higher
By Lauren Markoe — January 18, 2017
(RNS) Seven in 10 Americans view Francis favorably.
‘The Loves of the Popes’ and the Vatican’s new normal
By David Gibson — September 12, 2016
(RNS) So it turns out Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was a real catch before he decided to become a priest. What revelations about the passions of popes say about the papacy.
In memoirs, ex-Pope Benedict says Vatican ‘gay lobby’ wielded power
By David Gibson — July 1, 2016
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) The book, to be published in September, marks the first time in history that a former pope judges his own pontificate after it is over.
Two popes share a Vatican stage and show only one is in charge
By David Gibson — June 28, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis honored Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on the 65th anniversary of the retired pope's ordination -- an appearance that tamped down the 'two popes' debate.
A Vatican conspiracy persists, and a bigger mystery unfolds
By David Gibson — May 27, 2016
(RNS) Controversy over the so-called Third Secret of Fatima has erupted – yet again. But the real intrigue may lie in new claims that Benedict XVI is still a pope, if not THE pope.
German choir abuse claims hit close to home for retired Pope Benedict XVI
By David Gibson — January 9, 2016
(RNS) Benedict's older brother, Monsignor Georg Ratzinger, directed the famous choir when most of the abuse allegedly occurred.
Cardinal Walter Kasper, ‘the pope’s theologian,’ reveals the brains behind Francis’ heart
By David Gibson — April 3, 2015
ROME (RNS) Rejecting claims that Pope Francis is a theological lightweight, Cardinal Walter Kasper describes Francis as a theologian in his own right whose pastoral approach is setting Catholicism on a new course.
At St. Francis Shrine in the city of St. Francis, pride in a new Pope Francis
By Kimberly Winston — March 14, 2013
(RNS) In San Francisco, the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi is attracting attention after the new pope's decision to take the 13th-century saint as his namesake.
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